This week, our Style Collective friends are all over the map with a few of our (new) favourite things!

The latest addition to our posse is Sweet Potato Chronicles, and this week they're serving up some scrummy Pumpkin-Gingerbread pancakes (look out, Mommy-to-be!)

Buttoning all the way up may be prim 'n proper, but it's also crazy sexy don't you think?  (via Coco & Lowe)

We are seeing more and more creativity and originality when it comes to nailwear. Now, brands are bringing back press-on nail polishes as a chic and easy way to get the salon look at home..

When we received Sally Hansen's Salon Effects Real Nail Polish Strips, we had to see if the method really is as simple as they claim.


Step 1: Gently push back your cuticles and clean your nails with polish...

Who are you most likely to do a getaway with?  Your boyfriend/husband? Your best girls?  Whomever you are planning an escape with this winter do I have the perfect trip for you!

Transat Holidays whisked myself and several other journalists to Mexico to experience their luxury packages.  By luxury I mean flying first class, priority service and baggage, and staying at the finest...

The relationship advice I’ve gotten (and okay, given) hasn’t always been spot on.  And although its nobody’s fault when the guy you pursue ends up being gay or already has a girlfriend, the most consistent piece of good advice out there is this:

Find somebody that you have fun with.

For me, this presents a different kind of challenge: I have fun doing almost anything.  Even on dates...

When you have the “Do You Know the Muffin Man” song in your head on a never-ending loop, I find the best way to banish it is by baking up a storm.  (See?  Totally justified.)

My mom has been making these cinnamon-y treats for years.  It's a delicious night time snack and makes for a quick breakfast, too!


3/4 cup (1 1/2 sticks) unsalted butter, room temperature
1 1/2 cups sugar
3...

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There are harmless frustrations, like people who put empty juice cartons back in the fridge; and then there are the truly heinous, like the coworker who thinks over application of Old Spice aftershave makes up for under application of good ol’ Speed Stick.  To the list of baddies, we’d like to nominate that telltale root-line which betrays early grays or the fact that you might...

Rumours are swirling that Lady Gaga is getting ready to break into fashion.  As in, actual fashion.  Not those Halloween costumes we find strangely compelling to look at.

Gaga looking surprisingly tame next to Mugler menswear (Paris Fall 2011)

Gaga directed the music for Nicola Formichetti's Mugler debut for menswear in Paris this week, and now some say it's "likely" she'll...

As a former ballerina, I'm very excited about the new trend for ballet-inspired fitness studios.  The idea is to incorporate muscle-sculpting ballet moves like leg extensions and pliés with cardiovascular exercises like jumping.

What to Expect:

1. Free weights, barre work, balls and bands
2. Both high energy classes and slow-paced workouts
3. You'll be working out barefoot

Benefits

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